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Johnson County Air Quality

Meet Wendell!

Wendell, the flying pig

We would like to introduce you to our mascot -- Wendell, The Flying Air Quality Pig. Wendell will appear periodically on this website to help explain some things about air quality. We could have paid for a professional spokesman, but Wendell works pretty cheap, just a few bytes here and there.

As part of his spokesman duties, Wendell writes haiku poetry.

What is haiku?

Haiku is a type of poetry that originated in Japan. In its contemporary form, it consists of three lines of verse -- the first line with five syllables, the second with seven and the third with five. Here is some of Wendell's finest work:

So much congestion
So many lone commuters
So few share a ride

Ozone pollution
Bad for the environment
Does anyone care?

Topping off your tank's
Bad for Kansas City air
Bad for planet Earth



Haze darkens the sky
My breath comes out as a cough
High ozone again

Cough, cough, oh my lungs
Please, please turn off that lawn mower
Wait for a green day

My wings are heavy
SkyCast is orange again
How's a pig to fly?

 

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